Postoperative application of mitomycin c improves the complete success rate of primary trabeculectomy: A prospective, randomized trial

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1429-1436

  Mietz, Holger ^a,b   Krieglstein, Günter K ^b  

^a Aschaffenburg Eye Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Mitomycinc; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; HYPOTONY MACULOPATHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS LUXATION; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKYLATING AGENTS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERA; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751017661     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0217-y     Document Type: Article

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